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[piecewise]

Haul up atata's (character's) corpse up to where I'm sitting and take the permanent and polymorph words from him, aaaand... say, his repair word. Then start doodling on his face. Let's make him BEAUTIFUL.

Spoiler: Abu Hajaar (click to show/hide)

Name: Rifleman first class Abu Hajaar

Description: A scrawny enlistee of vaguely Middle Eastern descent. Permanently in over his head, slightly confused and wondering just how he got into this mess. Will reluctantly but reliably follow orders from his commanding officers and do his best however.

Somehow managed to end up far away from home in 'Nam to fight the commies. This left him confused. Then he got teleported to this world of mystery and magic. This did not help matters.


Gang: Ridiculous Rhomboid

Health: Fabulous.

Magic jazzhands:
Permanent: Cloud, Wall, FireForward, Crow, MarkCaster'sEyes, AffectUser, LargeFirearm, Ammunition, Clockwork, Repair, Many
Temporary: LightSource, Iron


Current Inventory
1 X Guard's rifle
8 X rounds for guard's rifle + 30 X summoned rounds for guard's rifle (use these first)
1 X Spiffy Uniform (formerly bloody guard garb)

1 X Monstrous gun  Given to Sarge.
6 X monstrous gun bullets (more like cannonballs)  Given to Sarge.


Stats
Potency: d10
Memory: d6
Strength: d2
Dexterity: d8
Speed: d4
Vitality: d6
Endurance: d6
Intelligence: d6
Awareness: d8


ARMORY
12 X Guard's rifle
48 X Rounds for guard's rifle
8 X Guard's knife, a big curvy slightly phallic thing
6 X guard's uniform
6 X Spiffy Uniform (formerly bloddy guard garb)

You grab his corpse and hull him up onto the barrier. You take his words and then use the repair one for no real reason and with no target. The magic, lacking any sort of goal, lashes out randomly in a spray of green sparks and leaps into his corpse. His body writhes and contorts horribly, limbs twisting taunt at odd angles, joints popping wetly. Finally he  arches his back, so hard he nearly touches the top of his head with his feet and his skin burns and heals in random patches before the magic fades and his corpse thumps down and rolls off the barricade.

Huh.

"Shit, you even get animate objects attacking you? Like what, angry cutlery trying to poke yer eyes out?"

Just makin' conversation

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Gunnery Sergeant James Murphy

Description: A big bull of a man, with a square jaw and a patriotic twinkle in his eye. He enjoys swearing and giving people under his command a hard time.

Somehow managed to catch the second plane to 'Nam to fight the commies, even though he was aiming to be on the first. This left him slightly bitter. Then he got teleported to this world of mystery and magic. This doesn't change matters much, Charlie just a look a little different 'round these parts.


Gang: Ridiculous Rhomboid

Health: Great.

Magic jazz hands: Cloud, Wall, FireForward, Crow, AffectUser, LargeFirearm, Ammunition, Clockwork, Repair, Many

Potency: d6
Memory: d4
Strength: d6
Dexterity: d10
Speed: d6
Vitality: d6
Endurance: d8
Intelligence: d2
Awareness: d8

Inventory:
1 looted guard rifles
1 guard's knife
13 rounds for the rifle + 20 summoned bullets (used first)
1 Spiffy Uniform
1 monstroust gun + 6 monstrous bullets.

"Those aren't the problem. The little stuff doesn't venture far. But we had an animate windmill come here." He points back at the wall to a large section that is of a slightly different hue than the wall around it. "Took part of the wall. And six men."

Roncal-thol Rotheleaod

In case there is a roll on whether the negotiations succeed, I assist with it.

Also, did we really defraud anyone with that trade for uniforms? Does it actually matter (or is it just a Fun bit of game-insignificant trivia you provided on request)? Because I believe trading honestly and without fostering long-term complications was in the spirit of that exchange, especially since it was not specified (or explained to us at the time) to do otherwise. 

Spoiler: Kay Vagner, Space Marine (click to show/hide)

Name: Kay Vagner

Gang: Roncal-thol Rotheleaod

Health: Pretty good overall.

Hand (9/10): Chisel, Cloud, Wall, Crow, Mark_Caster's_Eyes, Large_Firearm, Ammunition, Clockwork, Repair, Many

Marked spells: none. Eyeballs: both.

Inventory: Chain'Gram (clockwork monstrosity re-enchanted blade), Spiffy R-Raven Uniform (armor), backup combat knife (like this one), rifle with 2 rounds
 
Stats:
Potency: d8
Memory: d4
Strength: d8
Dexterity: d2
Speed: d10
Vitality: d6
Endurance: d4
Intelligence: d8 (+)
Awareness: d6

Progression: +

Description: A grand-grand-grand-grandson of a forgotten composer of ages past, Kay thinks he is enamored with the music of his ancestor and that his legacy is to live up to those heroic stories of old. Sadly, he doesn't know that most of it is presently misattributed, and the rest is utterly mangled by vagaries of time, not to mention that he isn't really cut out for that kind of life. Still, he has one sick guitar solo.

Total kills: 3 (+1 assist)

Notable kills:
  Decapitated slaver guard
  Trepanated slaver guard
 

((@RC On trading words without killing involved: I guess it was just taken for granted from the "gain words upon kill" mechanic interpretation; I actually couldn't find any sources to support this hypothesis when I tried. Maybe we should just ask PW directly. ))

We can assume you traded the word, not the material.

Roncal Roth

((@Radio
We can't trade words after we've taken them.  If you loot the words, you'll have to be the one who uses them.  Unless, of course, Piecewise retcons that rule away; such would explain how we can sell words without using them.))

...So we defrauded the people who made our crow uniforms, thus meaning we can't ever go back to them and buy more, or improve our uniforms.  Greaaat, wish I'd known that.

Oh well, more important things to deal with.  Can Permanent and PolymorphWholeBody be used in enchantments on other people?  If so, then I'm pulling rank and adding those to Corven's hand.  If not, or if it's ambiguous, somewhat against my better judgement I'm still pulling rank and giving them to ER.  Hopefully he won't waste them.

The other words are distributed as follows: Abu gets Repair and AffectUser, Raven gets Crow and FireForward, either Raven or Corven (whoever doesn't get the two tier 5 words) get Cloud and... Ammunition.  That leaves Wall, MarkCaster'sEyes, LargeFirearm, Clockwork, and Many on the corpse, which I'd rather be located back at base instead of the field.

All of this assuming that we can retroactively have distributed the words before coming to the hex.  If we can't do that, well, nothing I can say really matters.  Now, back to the game...

Corven nods "I want two things, both of 'em simple and easy.  First, I want me and mine to be allowed among you, in this building, as allies.  Not just travelers passing through, as soldiers who might have to fight and die here.  If we're gonna be defending you, we need to know the place, and know the magic in its bones.

Second, we want information, about The Unreal.  Whatever you know about the things out there, and how people can survive them.  'Cause as hellish as it is, I think the Unreal holds a lot of value, knowledge about what the hell is happening.  Maybe even information about how to stop it.  Call it a fool's errand, but I'm gonna make sure my daughter has a life to look forward to in this city, or die tryin."

Yes, we want things.  One, we want the hex's words.  Two, we want to be allowed to talk, and get information about the Unreal.  To my understanding, neither of these have any cost, unless they actually do have mages.

Spoiler: Corven Feathra (click to show/hide)

Gang: Roncal Roth
Health: Shot in the left bicep; entire arm limp.  The pain is dull and half numb for the moment, but the bleeding has been bandaged.
Tattoos: Eyes tattoo'd with 8-strength "Repair AffectUser"
Inventory:

• A slaver rifle, with two shots. (Given to Sarge)
  
• A concealed knife.
• A Roncal Roth crow uniform, armored with metal plates and thick leather.
• Some decently-sized pebbles he picked up somewhere, for throwing and enchanting.

Hand: Cloud, Wall, FireForward, Crow, MarkCaster'sEyes, AffectUser, LargeFirearm, Ammunition, Clockwork, Repair, Many
WhitePhosphorus, Coal

Potency: d10
Memory: d6
Strength: d2
Dexterity: d6
Speed: d4
Vitality: d6
Endurance: d8
Intelligence: d8
Awareness: d6

Description: An older man past his prime, Corven still carries himself with the intimidating aura you'd expect from a crime boss... except when he's dealing with his daughter, who he's completely incapable of saying "No" to.  That usually works out better than you'd expect, since he managed to get her the formal education he never had, though he still has wisdom on her.  Has something of an unhealthy obsession with birds, though not nearly as much so as his daughter.

Spoiler: Roncal-thol Rotheleaod (click to show/hide)

Symbol:

Gang words: Cloud, Wall, FireForward, Crow, MarkCaster'sEyes, AffectUser, LargeFirearm, Ammunition, Clockwork, Repair, Many

Headquarters: (12,10-47) "Impromptu Mines"
Words:

• LightSource (Radio)
• WhitePhosphorous (syvarris)
• heavy
  
• darkness (Egan)
• chisel (Nikitian)
• Coal (syvarris)
• Pickax
  
• Gold (Egan)
• Iron (Radio)
• Diamond
  
  Members: syvarris (Leader), Egan_BW (Second in command), Pancaek (Gruff Grunt Wrangler), Radio_Controlled (Mook), Nikitian (Space Marine), ATHATH (A Totally Human Assassin That Helps)
  
  Equipment:
  
• 12 rifles (6 given to members; 6 left with slaves at HQ)
• 48 nonmagical rifle rounds (26 left at HQ; 2 given to each member, except Abu who got 12.)
• Eight knives, one for each member, two for Kay, two for Sarge.
• Twelve bloodied slaver uniforms... left with the slaves, unless someone wants one for some reason.
• Six corvid themed gang uniforms, armored with metal plates and thick leather, distributed among the team members.
  

((I stated earlier that words cannot be traded between gang members on a mission because I wanted to avoid "Word Tanks", ie some guy with d10 memory just remembering all the words for everyone and giving them out as needed. It might provide some interesting moments, admittedly, and makes the guy a huge target for smart players, but it would also undermine a stat.  The idea of picking up some words from a corpse and handing them to other team members though...I think I can accept that. We'll assume Radio collected the ones he wanted and can give out those, and only those, by meeting with people in person. ))



Nahhhh you traded the word. I wouldn't have you do that without your knowledge. The best horrible circumstances are the ones you make for yourselves, after all.

As per that question...

Ok, I'm gonna stop ya here and just say this to prevent future problems out of ignorance on one of our parts.  Are you purposefully not telling him that you want to take the magic from the hex? Because if you told him "And I want to take the magic from this area" he would understand your meaning.  I just want to know if you're being Coy or not. Because if you say "I wanna hang out" and then take the magic without telling them you were going to, they are probably gonna get annoyed.

[piecewise]

Shadow peeps, I'm really quite tired so I'll hit you up in the morning.

[Nikitian]

Nahhhh you traded the word. I wouldn't have you do that without your knowledge.

((Yay for most gracious and benevolent Piecewise the GM!  ))
Ravenous Rogues

Bored to his bones, Kay narrowly held down his urge to start singing. Or fighting the closest evil-looking man.

Hang around. Be ready to start killing people (or talking) when the situation demands so. Actually, let's engage in some talking already, as far as it doesn't impede the negotiations.

Sir Dreamer, if I may ask, that is one extremely brutal scar. Is the eye damage extensive? Could you tell its story?

Obviously, Kay is always eager for a story.

Spoiler: @Roncal-Roth (click to show/hide)

A reminder that we could offer them regular healing as part of the deal. And our magic ability would be exposed either way the moment we ask for their local magic words explicitly.

Spoiler: Kay Vagner, Space Marine (click to show/hide)

Name: Kay Vagner

Gang: Roncal-thol Rotheleaod

Health: Pretty good overall.

Hand (9/10): Chisel, Cloud, Wall, Crow, Mark_Caster's_Eyes, Large_Firearm, Ammunition, Clockwork, Repair, Many

Marked spells: none. Eyeballs: both.

Inventory: Chain'Gram (clockwork monstrosity re-enchanted blade), Spiffy R-Raven Uniform (armor), backup combat knife (like this one), rifle with 2 rounds
 
Stats:
Potency: d8
Memory: d4
Strength: d8
Dexterity: d2
Speed: d10
Vitality: d6
Endurance: d4
Intelligence: d8 (+)
Awareness: d6

Progression: +

Description: A grand-grand-grand-grandson of a forgotten composer of ages past, Kay thinks he is enamored with the music of his ancestor and that his legacy is to live up to those heroic stories of old. Sadly, he doesn't know that most of it is presently misattributed, and the rest is utterly mangled by vagaries of time, not to mention that he isn't really cut out for that kind of life. Still, he has one sick guitar solo.

Total kills: 3 (+1 assist)

Notable kills:
  Decapitated slaver guard
  Trepanated slaver guard
 

[Egan_BW]

Tell the dude explicitly that we'll be collecting the magic words here, but they obviously have the right to take those words off us themselves if they have mages, or to just have us summon simple stuff using them. Warn him that stuff summoned like that will disappear. They own the place, they built it, and they man it against otherworldly horrors, so it's the least we can do to give them this place's words.

Spoiler: Raven Feathra (click to show/hide)

Description: Raven is a VERY RAVENY GIRL. She has black hair, dark blue eyes, and looks all edgy and shit. She's really too young to lead a wizard gang, but carries herself with confidence and Murder. She is deadly intelligent, but is lacking in common sense, as normal for teenagers. Also she is obsessed with birds.
Potency: d8
Memory: d6
Strength: d2
Dexterity: d6
Speed: d6
Vitality: d4
Endurance: d6
Intelligence: d10
Awareness: d8

Health: "Healthy"

Inventory: Raven Armor, Riflecannon [Pot+7] 10 Crowshells [Pot+5]

Marks: None

Permanent: Cloud, Wall, FireForward, Crow, MarkCaster'sEyes, AffectUser, LargeFirearm, Ammunition, Clockwork, Repair, Many

Available: Cloud, Wall, FireForward, MarkCaster'sEyes, AffectUser, Repair, Darkness

[Radio Controlled]

Haul up atata's (character's) corpse up to where I'm sitting and take the permanent and polymorph words from him, aaaand... say, his repair word. Then start doodling on his face. Let's make him BEAUTIFUL.

You grab his corpse and hull him up onto the barrier. You take his words and then use the repair one for no real reason and with no target. The magic, lacking any sort of goal, lashes out randomly in a spray of green sparks and leaps into his corpse. His body writhes and contorts horribly, limbs twisting taunt at odd angles, joints popping wetly. Finally he  arches his back, so hard he nearly touches the top of his head with his feet and his skin burns and heals in random patches before the magic fades and his corpse thumps down and rolls off the barricade.
Huh.

Uhh, I think you misunderstood. I didn't actually want to say/speak/use his 'repair' word, it was the written equivalent to when you'd be in a store and draw out your 'and' while choosing what else you wanna buy. "I wanna buy some X, some Y, aaaaaand say, some Z". So can we undo that?

Either way, start doodling on that face dammit!

Spoiler: from Red Russia, with love (click to show/hide)

If all they care about is holding this wall and keeping them monsters out, we could offer them our slaves valued new team members. Having extra recruits that come with their own weapons and ammo would probably be nice for the commander. They aren't exactly trained, but I'm sure the Sarge could whip them into shape. In fact I'm positive that Pan would jump at the chance to break out his best Gunnery Sergeant Hartman on those poor slobs.

Spoiler: Abu Hajaar (click to show/hide)

Name: Rifleman first class Abu Hajaar

Description: A scrawny enlistee of vaguely Middle Eastern descent. Permanently in over his head, slightly confused and wondering just how he got into this mess. Will reluctantly but reliably follow orders from his commanding officers and do his best however.

Somehow managed to end up far away from home in 'Nam to fight the commies. This left him confused. Then he got teleported to this world of mystery and magic. This did not help matters.


Gang: Ridiculous Rhomboid

Health: Fabulous.

Magic jazzhands:
Permanent: Cloud, Wall, FireForward, Crow, MarkCaster'sEyes, AffectUser, LargeFirearm, Ammunition, Clockwork, Repair, Many
Temporary: LightSource, Iron, permanent, polymorph whole body


Current Inventory
1 X Guard's rifle
8 X rounds for guard's rifle + 30 X summoned rounds for guard's rifle (use these first)
1 X Spiffy Uniform (formerly bloody guard garb)

1 X Monstrous gun  Given to Sarge.
6 X monstrous gun bullets (more like cannonballs)  Given to Sarge.


Stats
Potency: d10
Memory: d6
Strength: d2
Dexterity: d8
Speed: d4
Vitality: d6
Endurance: d6
Intelligence: d6
Awareness: d8


ARMORY
12 X Guard's rifle
48 X Rounds for guard's rifle
8 X Guard's knife, a big curvy slightly phallic thing
6 X guard's uniform
6 X Spiffy Uniform (formerly bloddy guard garb)

[syvarris]

Tell the dude explicitly that we'll be collecting the magic words here, but they obviously have the right to take those words off us themselves if they have mages, or to just have us summon simple stuff using them. Warn him that stuff summoned like that will disappear. They own the place, they built it, and they man it against otherworldly horrors, so it's the least we can do to give them this place's words.

Spoiler: Raven Feathra (click to show/hide)

Description: Raven is a VERY RAVENY GIRL. She has black hair, dark blue eyes, and looks all edgy and shit. She's really too young to lead a wizard gang, but carries herself with confidence and Murder. She is deadly intelligent, but is lacking in common sense, as normal for teenagers. Also she is obsessed with birds.
Potency: d8
Memory: d6
Strength: d2
Dexterity: d6
Speed: d6
Vitality: d4
Endurance: d6
Intelligence: d10
Awareness: d8

Health: "Healthy"

Inventory: Raven Armor, Riflecannon [Pot+7] 10 Crowshells [Pot+5]

Marks: None

Permanent: Cloud, Wall, FireForward, Crow, MarkCaster'sEyes, AffectUser, LargeFirearm, Ammunition, Clockwork, Repair, Many

Available: Cloud, Wall, FireForward, MarkCaster'sEyes, AffectUser, Repair, Darkness

...This.

Spoiler: Corven Feathra (click to show/hide)

Gang: Roncal Roth
Health: Shot in the left bicep; entire arm limp.  The pain is dull and half numb for the moment, but the bleeding has been bandaged.
Tattoos: Eyes tattoo'd with 8-strength "Repair AffectUser"
Inventory:

• A slaver rifle, with two shots. (Given to Sarge)
  
• A concealed knife.
• A Roncal Roth crow uniform, armored with metal plates and thick leather.
• Some decently-sized pebbles he picked up somewhere, for throwing and enchanting.

Hand: Cloud, Wall, FireForward, Crow, MarkCaster'sEyes, AffectUser, LargeFirearm, Ammunition, Clockwork, Repair, Many
WhitePhosphorus, Coal

Potency: d10
Memory: d6
Strength: d2
Dexterity: d6
Speed: d4
Vitality: d6
Endurance: d8
Intelligence: d8
Awareness: d6

Description: An older man past his prime, Corven still carries himself with the intimidating aura you'd expect from a crime boss... except when he's dealing with his daughter, who he's completely incapable of saying "No" to.  That usually works out better than you'd expect, since he managed to get her the formal education he never had, though he still has wisdom on her.  Has something of an unhealthy obsession with birds, though not nearly as much so as his daughter.

Spoiler: Roncal-thol Rotheleaod (click to show/hide)

Symbol:

Gang words: Cloud, Wall, FireForward, Crow, MarkCaster'sEyes, AffectUser, LargeFirearm, Ammunition, Clockwork, Repair, Many

Headquarters: (12,10-47) "Impromptu Mines"
Words:

• LightSource (Radio)
• WhitePhosphorous (syvarris)
• heavy
  
• darkness (Egan)
• chisel (Nikitian)
• Coal (syvarris)
• Pickax
  
• Gold (Egan)
• Iron (Radio)
• Diamond
  
  Members: syvarris (Leader), Egan_BW (Second in command), Pancaek (Gruff Grunt Wrangler), Radio_Controlled (Mook), Nikitian (Space Marine), ATHATH (A Totally Human Assassin That Helps)
  
  Equipment:
  
• 12 rifles (6 given to members; 6 left with slaves at HQ)
• 48 nonmagical rifle rounds (26 left at HQ; 2 given to each member, except Abu who got 12.)
• Eight knives, one for each member, two for Kay, two for Sarge.
• Twelve bloodied slaver uniforms... left with the slaves, unless someone wants one for some reason.
• Six corvid themed gang uniforms, armored with metal plates and thick leather, distributed among the team members.
  

[piecewise]

Shadow Alliance

"So, I was wondering, does this place allow check outs? If so, you got any mystery novels, long ones?"

Chat with the closest guard, quietly of course, don't want to disturb anyone.

Spoiler: John Smith (click to show/hide)

Name: John Smith, Problem Sleuth
Description: Imagine the rawest essence of "Detective" condensed into a human form, this man is probably mostly what you are imagining.
D10 - Awareness
D8s - Intelligence and Strength
D6s - Potency Speed and Dex
D4s - Endurance and Memory
D2 - Vitality

Words: delay, feline, distortion dust, darkness, black biometal, shockwave, dome, mark whole body, aura, when inflicting damage

The guard leans in to speak with you, just as quietly.
"We do, but something of value must be left behind, as collateral. Books of that nature are in the fiction section, second story, left side."

Shadow Alliance

To the second floor, ask one of the guards how they got the job of guarding this place.

Spoiler: Shade (click to show/hide)

Character Name: Shade
Currently active effects:
Injuries: Minor chest wound (Hopefully minor)

Potency: d10
Memory: d8
Strength: d4
Dex: d4
Speed: d6
Vitality: d6
Endurance: d4
Intelligence: d8
Awareness: d6

Currently active words (10/20): (Amber, Feline, Delay, Dome), (Shockwave, Aura, When Unable to Act), (When Inflicting Damage, Black Biometal), (Distortion Dust)
Gang: Shadow Alliance

The second story is much the same as the first, save for the big open area in the center.

You ask one of the guards on this level how he got his job.
"I was part of this organization when the city began to devolve. Though we were in a different building then and had a different name. I simply went along with the changes and adapted."

Shadow Alliance

Head up to the second floor. If I spot someone who is apparently in leadership in THE LAST WORD, approach them. Otherwise, just inspect the area. Look for access to the newspaper part of the building.

Spoiler: Deck (click to show/hide)

 
wall, container, *amber, feline, *mark whole body, delay,
concrete, lock, *shockwave, darkness, aura
when inflicting damage, Black biometal
Distortion Dust

* denotes used.

active enchantments: [mark whole body][amber][shockwave] pot+1

Spoiler:  Chu Sana'me (click to show/hide)

10 Potency
6  Memory (15 word deck)
2  Strength
6  Dex 
8  Speed (8 tile movement)
4  Vitality
6  Endurance
8  Intelligence
6  Awareness

inventory:
rifle, ammo:[2/?]

You look around and find a sign pointing up the stairs indicating that the newspaper printing area is further up. Fourth floor, specifically. And the people in charge are likely on the fifth.

Shadow Alliance.

(Forgive me father, for I have juxtaposed cavemen and dinosaurs in the same scene.)

Flip through the book, and look for a picture of a stegosaur.  Is the book showing feathered dinos or lizard dinos?

Spoiler: Deck (click to show/hide)

Distortion Dust, Shockwave, Brick, When Inflicting Damage, Amber

Spoiler: Thag Simmons (click to show/hide)

Pot d6
Memory d2
Strength d10
Dex d4
Speed d8
Vit d8
End d6
Int d4
Awareness d8

Health: Fine
Ongoing Effects: None

Equipment:
Cavalry Sabre,
Rifle. (unknown ammo count.  4/4 like the other ones?)
Gang: Shadow Alliance.

The image you find labeled "Stegosaurus" is this


Huh.

[Ozarck]

Shadow Alliance

Head up to the fifth floor. If I spot someone who is apparently in leadership in THE LAST WORD, approach them. Otherwise, just inspect the area.

Spoiler: Deck (click to show/hide)

 
wall, container, *amber, feline, *mark whole body, delay,
concrete, lock, *shockwave, darkness, aura
when inflicting damage, Black biometal
Distortion Dust

* denotes used.

active enchantments: [mark whole body][amber][shockwave] pot+1

Spoiler:  Chu Sana'me (click to show/hide)

10 Potency
6  Memory (15 word deck)
2  Strength
6  Dex 
8  Speed (8 tile movement)
4  Vitality
6  Endurance
8  Intelligence
6  Awareness

inventory:
rifle, ammo:[2/?]

[Failbird105]

Shadow Alliance

"So, I was wondering, does this place allow check outs? If so, you got any mystery novels, long ones?"

Chat with the closest guard, quietly of course, don't want to disturb anyone.

Spoiler: John Smith (click to show/hide)

Name: John Smith, Problem Sleuth
Description: Imagine the rawest essence of "Detective" condensed into a human form, this man is probably mostly what you are imagining.
D10 - Awareness
D8s - Intelligence and Strength
D6s - Potency Speed and Dex
D4s - Endurance and Memory
D2 - Vitality

Words: delay, feline, distortion dust, darkness, black biometal, shockwave, dome, mark whole body, aura, when inflicting damage

The guard leans in to speak with you, just as quietly.
"We do, but something of value must be left behind, as collateral. Books of that nature are in the fiction section, second story, left side."

"Ahh, gonna have to come back later then. Thanks for the information."

head up and look for an interesting mystery novel.

[DolosusDoleus]

Spoiler: Action (click to show/hide)

Enter from the North.

Cast Explosive Ammunition on some nearby metal and load my gun with the fresh ammo. Then get a look around. Are the workers particularly happy? Could they possibly be incited to riot?

Spoiler: Vencarlo Barvasi (click to show/hide)

Name: Vencarlo Barvasi
Description: A large, barrel-chested man in his mid-fifties. He wears a finely tailored Italian suit and is pretty much always smoking a huge Cuban cigar.
Potency: d6
Memory: d6
Strength: d2
Dex: d8
Speed: d2
Vitality: d10
Endurance: d4
Intelligence: d4
Awareness: d8

Deck: (Container, Leather, When near death/dies, Chain, Delay) (*Steel, *Small Firearm, Ammunition) (Combine, Thermate) (Explosive)
(* Denotes a used card)

Spoiler: Gang (click to show/hide)

Name: The Cosa Nostra
Color Scheme: Black/White
Symbol:
Permanent Words: (Container, Leather, When near death/dies, Chain, Delay) (Steel, Small Firearm, Ammunition) (Combine, Thermate) (Explosive)
Leader: Vencarlo Barvasi
Members: Dropshot, Big Poppa, Cyril Morris
Base: (10,11)

[SamSpeeds]

Enter from the north. Find somewhere hidden nearby to chill until I think of something useful to do

Spoiler: @Cosa Nostra fellas (click to show/hide)

 hey bros how should we plan and coordinate our strategies and whatnot

Spoiler: Big Poppa (click to show/hide)

Big Poppa
Desc: Just one of the guys.
Status: Fine
Potency: d4
Memory: d2
Strength: d10
Dexterity: d6
Speed: d8
Vitality: d6
Endurance: d6
Intelligence: d8
Awareness: d4
Deck (ready): Chain, Combine, Thermate, Explosive, Steel
Deck (used):
Gang Starter Deck (just keeping it here for ease of access): Permanent Words: (Container, Leather, When near death/dies, Chain, Delay) (Steel, Small Firearm, Ammunition) (Combine, Thermate) (Explosive)
Gang: Cosa Nostra

[Questorhank]

Cosa Nostra

Spoiler: @DolosusDoleus (click to show/hide)

You can only use a word once per mission. It'd be too easy if we could have steel guns and bullets

Spoiler: Action (click to show/hide)

Stick with Boss Barvasi, find a piece of metal to enchant with Small Firearm.

Spoiler: Cyril Morris (click to show/hide)

Name: Cyril Morris
Description: An average guy in his 20s. He's wearing a fairly nice grey suit and fedora.
Potency: d10
Memory: d6
Strength: d4
Dex: d8
Speed: d6
Vitality: d4
Endurance: d2
Intelligence: d6
Awareness: d8

Spoiler: Deck (click to show/hide)

Deck: (Container, Leather, When near death/dies, Chain, Delay) (Steel, Small Firearm, Ammunition) (Combine, Thermate) (Explosive)

[Illgeo]

Spoiler: Action (click to show/hide)

Cast {Ammunition} on some nearby, non-poor quality metal. Then keep following the gang at some distance.

Spoiler: Deck (click to show/hide)

(Container, Leather, When near death/dies, Chain, Delay) (Ammunition) (Combine, Thermate) (Explosive) (9/15)

Spoiler: Dropshot (click to show/hide)

Appearance: Figure wrapped tightly in assorted clothes- scarves, bandages and such - with a coat over them, with not a single piece of skin visible.
Potency: D6
Memory: D6
Strength: D4
Dex: D10
Speed: D8
Vitality: D2
Endurance: D4
Intelligence: D6
Awareness: D8
Inventory: .45 Magnum.

[Devastator]

Shadow Alliance
"Cool!"

Flip a few pages.  Any sauropods?

Spoiler: Deck (click to show/hide)

Distortion Dust, Shockwave, Brick, When Inflicting Damage, Amber

Spoiler: Thag Simmons (click to show/hide)

Pot d6
Memory d2
Strength d10
Dex d4
Speed d8
Vit d8
End d6
Int d4
Awareness d8

Health: Fine
Ongoing Effects: None

Equipment:
Cavalry Sabre,
Rifle. (unknown ammo count.  4/4 like the other ones?)
Gang: Shadow Alliance.

[Rautherdir]

Shadow Alliance

"I'm interested in helping out as well, could you tell me who to talk to so I can formalize an arrangement?"

Accept and follow directions to whoever runs this place.

Spoiler: Shade (click to show/hide)

Character Name: Shade
Currently active effects: (Just Realized I do have an effect that I haven't been posting, I'll go find it and edit it in.) (Mark Whole Body, Binding, Darkness) at Pot +[2/3] (depending on which roll you accepted as final in the end.)
Injuries: Minor chest wound (Hopefully minor)

Potency: d10
Memory: d8
Strength: d4
Dex: d4
Speed: d6
Vitality: d6
Endurance: d4
Intelligence: d8
Awareness: d6

Currently active words (10/20): (Amber, Feline, Delay, Dome), (Shockwave, Aura, When Unable to Act), (When Inflicting Damage, Black Biometal), (Distortion Dust)
Gang: Shadow Alliance